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The Electronic Entertainment Expo, the videogame industry's largest convention, could leave Los Angeles . If it does, it would cost the city $40 million a year in revenue. The Entertainment Software Assn., which owns E3 -- this is the event's 20th anniversary -- signed a three-year deal with the Los Angeles Convention Center in 2013, and is now considering requests by other cities to host the show starting in 2016. The ESA declined to disclose the other cities vying for the show.

Many citizens who are concerned about the future of this country are in favor of a number of significant changes, including: reasonable term limits for legislators (with possibly some very specific exceptions), federal funding of federal elections, elimination of unrealistic pensions for those who serve short terms, elimination of meaningless and wasteful earmarks, and elimination of lobbyists altogether (a difficult and highly controversial idea). Admittedly term limits have both pluses and minuses.

The Sports Xchange Indians draft pick eyes future sibling rivalry The Indians' rivalry with the Kansas City Royals in the American League Central was testy at times in recent seasons, especially when closer Chris Perez was still pitching for Cleveland. Though Perez is now in the Nationals League, the rivalry could become intense again with the aspect of brother facing brother someday. University of San Francisco center fielder Bradley Zimmer was the Indians' first pick in the draft Thursday night, going 21st overall.

By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said speculation over the future of Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel was "ridiculous" and was a poor reflection on the situation NBA coaches faced. The Heat eliminated the Pacers from the playoffs for the third straight year and even before Friday's 117-92 Game Six defeat, there had been some pundits suggesting Vogel might not be the man to lead them forward. "If there is speculation about that, that's ridiculous, and that's the sad state of our profession," Spoelstra told reporters.

What if a road could be an energy source? What if snowplowing was no longer necessary? What if a petroleum-based economy could shift to a renewable-energy economy? These are not just the seeds of science fiction but the foundation of an invention that could alter reality. Solar Roadways is a modular paving system loaded with solar cells and LED lighting that could replace asphalt-based surfaceways and produce an estimated three times as much energy as is used in the United States.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday following another record close for the S&P 500 a day earlier as traders dismissed a contraction in the economy in the first quarter. * The economic calendar will keep markets busy in the last trading day of the month. The S&P and Dow industrials are on track to close their four month of gains in a row, while the Nasdaq Composite could close its first positive month in three. * Data on personal consumption and income for April is due at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT)

The Banff World Media Festival will use its 35th anniversary as an occasion to look ahead, according to fest exec director Ferne Cohen. "As with the industry in general we define ourselves as evolving and forward-looking," she says. Accordingly, conference seminars will inquire into what content will look like in the next 35 years. Substituting "media" for "television" in the fest's title in 2011 recognized the quantum shift to creating content for the Internet and other advanced digital delivery forms.

I am chatting with the folks waiting in line for their weekly supply of groceries, a gift of the people at Canaan Community Church's food ministry. It's a Saturday morning, and there are more than 200 people - many with rolling carts, bags and even suitcases - standing in a long, orderly line that stretches east down 67th Street. Just outside the pantry, we've put up a "Little Free Library" that you may have heard about - the oversized birdhouse-like structures that hold a couple of dozen books or so and whose sign on top encourages passers-by to "take a book, leave a book.

The Bears' first organized team activity of the spring had the look and feel of an offseason practice, with technique, fundamentals and core schemes taking the stage as the main focus of the afternoon. However, after watching the Bears run through drills and competitive team work Tuesday at Halas Hall, here's what I saw from Mel Tucker's defense as it began its introductory preparations to rebuilding that side of the ball. New-look front: Watching the veteran free-agent signees, there is no question Tucker now has the creative flexibility to use multiple fronts.